Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through the excess of the 1980s. The film also features cameos by porn actors Nina Hartley (as Little Bill's promiscuous wife) and Veronica Hart (as the... More

Initial release date:

  • Sep 11, 1997

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 36 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Pushing Thirteen,
  • Boogie Nights - Prazer Sem Limites,
  • Boogie Nights: Juegos de placer,
  • Nuits endiablées,
  • Xefrenes nyhtes,
  • Kralj pornica,
  • Juegos de placer,
  • Vroce noci,
  • Atesli geceler,
  • Noci bugija,
  • Noches de placer,
  • Boogie Nights - l'altra Hollywood,
  • Jogos de Prazer

Film

Directed by

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) There Will Be Blood (2007), and soon to be released, The Master ...

Tagline:

  • The life of a dreamer, the days of a business, and the nights in between.
  • In 1977, Sex was safe. Pleasure was a business. And Business was booming.
  • Everyone has one special thing.

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Oct 10, 1997
  • 1997
  • Apr 7, 1998
  • Jul 3, 2007
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Runtime:

  • 2 h 36 min
  • 2 h 35 min
  • 2 h 31 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 15,000,000

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 147
  • 1,086
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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Metacritic Top Films

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film Winners

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Appears in ranked lists:

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  • 147
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